Reinforced display-receptacle.



J. G. SKINNER. REINFORUED DISPLAY REGEPTAGLE. APYLIOATION FILED NOV. 22,1911.

. 1,036,353 Patented Aug. 20, 1912. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV.22, 1911.

Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

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. UMIE JOHN COETLANDT SKINNER, O13 FRESND, CALIFORNIA.

nnrnroncnn DISPLAY-RECEPTACLE ?atented-Ang. 2%, i912. Application filedNovember 22, 1911. Serial No. 651,774.

1,036,358, Specification of Letters Patent.

- enedby. being'widened as at 13 so that the lid'tapers from back tofront and surrounding the edge thereof is a reinforcing wire which'hasthe edge beaded thereover as at 60 14. fThis bead has the edge portioncut... away at certain points as at 15 so that hinges To all whom it mayconcern;

Be it known that I, John :C. Sn NNnR, a citizen of the United States,residing .at- Fresno,' in the county of Fresno. and State 5 ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inReinforced Display-Receptacles, of which'the following is aspecification, reference being had therein tojthe accompanying drawing.1o; Th 1s invention relates to display and vending receptacles such asare used in grocery stores and the like for containing groceries andother articles to be sold. One object of the invention is to provide Ia,d 'evice of the character described wherein a plurality of receptaclesmay-be piled one upon the other and access may be had to the 16 may besecured around the wire left open and attach the lid to the rear of thebox.

The lower part of the front of the box is 65 =alsocut away as at 17while the upper part ofthis box is slitted along the dotted lines 18'and 19 in Fig. 1 so that the portions left may be bent to reinforce thebox front. The

upper portion above the'upper slit 18 is 70 'fdoubled back uponitselfasat. 20 and the. -lower portion below the lower slit 18 is"doubled up as at 21, thence outward andup ward as at 22, and back anddown again as 1 and the door both opened; Fi-gJQQis a trans contents ofeach without disturbing any of the remaining receptacles. 1'20? Asecond. object of the inventioni-s -to provide a display I eceptaclehaving 'apor 3 .tion of the front forming a door of the drop- 1 downtype, said door being likewisea'iapted for the display of the goods tobe vended in a neat andorderly manner.

" A third object of the invention is to provide a door of this characterwith side wings t' o prevent spillin of-thegoods fromthe receptacle,said si e wings being housedin suitable housings to preventinjury, t-the goods contained by the-edges of the side wings as they movebackward toward the [clos ng ofthedoor. 1

3 iv'ththeaboveand other objectsin-view '85} the invention consists ingeneral" of certain 7 novel details of construction, and couibina--tionsand arrangements 'of'parts as will be hereinafter fully. described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and specifically claimed.

' In theaccompanying drawings,-1ike characters of referenceindicate'like parts in the: several-views, and Figure 1 is-aperspectiveview of the improved receptacle with the lid at 23,"andt'erininates inconnection'with a mertical partition 24, spaced from the front,

by means of a floor '25.: "E ach of the side portions between the slits18 is bent back- "wa'rd as "at 26, thence forward again inspace'd'relat-ion as at 27, thence backward as at 28, and thencerearward as at '29, the free edge of the portion 29 being soldered tothe partition 24 and to the side walls of the casing 10. To the rear ofthe partition 24 there'is provided a'platfor'm or partition 30 whichrests upon the edges of vertical housing walls Slat each side and'inspaced relation to the sides of the casing 10.

Extending between the sides of the casing 510 is a rod 32 whereon arespring hinges 33 .which scrve to connect the door 3 l'to the rod 32.This door is cut away centrally and is provided with rearwardly bentportions 35 and similar parallel portions 36 which fo1'1n species ofU-shaped clips for therej-ception of glass 37. In spaced relation to theglass 37 the door is provided with a partition 38 which is carried bywings 39 of segmental form. These wings havetheir front edges secured tothe side edges o'flthe door and slidable'betwe'en the housing} walls 31in the side walls of the receptacle; ldrono the bottom of the partition38, extends a floor 4O which is upwardly and then downwardlyj'bentjas at41 to keep the bottom i 9 iedge of. the. glass 37 from sliding rear-'wardlyi} Below the floor'LO is a guide plate 42 so that when the door isopened the con g. tents of the receptacle 10 can be drawn out withoutbruising the same against the sharp edge.

The lid and casing and verse median section through the invention. Fig.3' is-a section on the line 33,-Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 41,'Fig. .Fig. 5, is-a section on theline 5 5, Fig. 3, 50 the sect-ion being partly broken away. .Figg.

.ti isfa detail view of the rear edge of the upper-lid orfilling lid ofthe invention.

' The invention consists of a casing 1.0 which is open at the top asindicated at 11 55v and on this top portion there is fitted a lid 12.This lid has its hinged edge strength- 0 the doorand casing are providedwith suitable forms at latch as indicated at 4'3 and it will be plainthat the upper portioir'of the front of the casing is likewise providedwith suitable glass 44 closing in the opening made in this upperportion. The goods to be displayed can be placed both in thecompartmentformed between the partition 2% and the upper part of thefront and in the compartment formed between,.the partition 38 and thedoor so that-these goods can be seen through the glass-in both places,thus making an attractive display. When it is desired to fill thereceptacles the lid 12 may be opened and goods placed therein, certainof the goods being arranged in an orderly manner in the compartmentsjust referred to. When the lid of a receptacle is closed otherreceptacles may be stocked and by means of the door at the lower portionof the front this receptacle can be emptiedor partly emptied at any timewithout disturbing those superposed thereon. It will be obvious that thedoor may be placed either at the front or the side'in which latter casenecessary modifications will have to be made in the display device.

There has thus been provided a simple and efficient device of the kinddescribed and for the purpose specified.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

In a display receptacle, a casing provided with a shallow compartmenthaving a glass front, a lid attached to the body of the easing and saidcompartment, :1 door provided with segmental side wings and pivotedalong its lower edge closing the lower portion of one side of saidcasing, said door carrying a shallow compartment, said door beingprovided with a glass front and a beveled lower end, said lower endbeing beveled to permit ready withdrawal of the contents of thereceptacle, housingfor said Wings, a plate behind the first-mentionedshallow compartment and resting onsaid housings, constituting aretaining plate, said lid being provided around its rim with areinforcing ring, and guards for retaining said glasses in saidcompartments.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses. JOHN CORTLAND SKINNER. Witnesses:

C. It. Love, L. HUSHAW.

